Recently added articles from Youth Studies Australia:
Research that matters.(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In Australia, we are fortunate to have researchers who are interested in carefully examining youth-related issues, and a peer review system that allows us to evaluate their research within a recognised and rigorous framework of assessment. The use of a double-blind review process ensures ...
Youth.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Youth Gill Jones Polity Press (Key concepts series) 2009, UK14.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 9780745640952, 224pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gill Jones is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Keele University. Now semi-retired, ...
Researching young people's lives.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Researching young people's lives Sue Heath, Rachel Brooks, Elizabeth Cleaver and Eleanor Ireland SAGE Publications Ltd. 2009, UK19.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 9781412910569, 213pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sue Heath is ...
Young people making a life.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Young people making a life Ani Wierenga Palgrave Macmillan 2009; UK50.00 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 9780230549289 (hardcover); 243pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ani Wierenga is a Future Generation Research Fellow at the ...
The future by us: Young leaders imaging Australia beyond 2020.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The future by us: Young leaders imagine Australia beyond 2020 Hugh Evans and Tom O'Connor (eds) Hardie Grant Books 2009; A$24.99 ISBN: 9781740667173, 239pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edited by Hugh Evans, the 2020 Youth ...
Bullying beyond the schoolyard: Preventing and responding to cyberbullying.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Bullying beyond the schoolyard: Preventing and responding to cyberbullying Sameer Hinduja Corwin Press represented in Australia by Footprint Books 2009, A$77.00 ISBN: 1412966894, 254pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The authors ...
How general practitioners determine young people's rights.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... To explore how Victorian general practitioners understand and apply relevant legal authority when faced with a young person who requests the oral contraceptive pill, over 300 doctors were asked to make decisions about a hypothetical patient's competence and confidentiality. Respondents ...
Culturally appropriate mentoring for Horn of African young people in Australia.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Over recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of young people from the Horn of Africa entering Australia. These young people face unique challenges as a result of their age, ethnicity, migration and direct/indirect trauma experience: Although governments are using ...
Cyberbullying: a TAFE perspective.(Technical and Further Education )(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... A cohort of young people undertaking a secondary education certificate was used to study the nature of cyberbullying within a TAFE setting. Cyberbullying is less prevalent !n TAFE institutes than in secondary schools, but still causes distress and disruption to classes. The study revealed ...
Music for engaging young people in education.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The use of music as a tool for engagement with young people in two learning environments--an ESL (English as Second Language) high school for newly arrived immigrant and refugee students and a residential care facility for adolescent boys--is investigated in this paper: The music programs ...
The relationship between levels of perceived respect and bullying in 5th through 12th grades.(BULLYING)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... S.W. Langdon & W. Preble, Adolescence, v.43, n.171, 2008, pp. 485-503. Although respect is thought to be negatively related to bullying, there is little empirical evidence to support this hypothesis. To explore the relationship between respect and bullying, researchers ...
Social and religious factors in adolescents' drug use.(DRUGS)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... S.C. Jones & J.R. Rossiter, Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v.18, 2009, pp. 85-92. Using data from a study on the effect of specific anti-cannabis messages on Australian high school students, this study sought to explain the difference in rates of substance use ...
Examining the relationship between typical drinking behaviour and 21st birthday drinking behaviour among college students: Implications for event-specific prevention.(DRUGS)(Reprint)
Jun 01, 2009; ... M.A. Lewis, K.R Lindgren, N. Fossos, C. Neighbours & L. Oster-Aaland, Addiction, v.104, n.5, 2009, pp. 760-67. Around 300 students from a public university in the Midwestern United States participated in this study, which compared students' typical drinking behaviour with their ...
Are adolescents who moderate their cannabis use at lower risk of later regular and dependent cannabis use?(DRUGS)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... W. Swift, C. Coffey, J.B. Carlin, L. Degenhardt, B. Calabria & G.C. Patton, Addiction, v.104, n.5, 2009, pp. 806-14. The relationship between moderation in cannabis use during adolescence and subsequent reductions in cannabis use and risk of dependence in young adulthood were ...
Effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement.(EDUCATION)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... S.J. Gibb, D. M. Fergusson & L.J. Horwood, Australian Journal of Education, v.52, n.3, 2008, pp. 301-17. Longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS), New Zealand, were examined to investigate the association between school type and gender ...
Full-time students? Term-time employment among higher education students in Ireland.(EDUCATION)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... M. Darmody & E. Smyth, Journal of Education and Work, v.21, n.4, 2008, pp. 349-62. Greater higher education participation, lower relative levels of student grants and rapid growth in general employment have contributed to higher levels of employment among full-time higher ...
Friendship, loneliness and depression in adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome.(FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS)(Reprint)
Jun 01, 2009; ... A.J.O. Whitehouse, K. Durkin, E. Jaquet & K. Ziatas, Journal of Adolescence, v.32, n.2, 2009, pp. 309-22. Research suggests that adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) "may be less cognisant of the need for friendships and less likely to achieve and sustain such ...
Conflict resolution in parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent delinquency.(FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... M.D. Van Doorn, S.J.T. Branje & W.H.J. Meeus, Journal of Early Adolescence, v.28, n.4, 2008, pp. 503-27. The conflict resolution styles of 284 Dutch adolescents (50% boys, mean age = 13.3 years) and their parents were assessed to determine the effect of adolescents' and parents' ...
Positive effects of talking about the negative: Family narratives of negative experiences and preadolescents' perceived competence.(FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... K.A. Marin, J.G. Bohanek & R. Fivush, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v.18, n.3, 2008, pp. 573-93. Past research suggests that parental expressions of negative emotions are "detrimental to children's social competence and behaviour." To explore this further, researchers ...
Young Australian women's aspirations for work and family.(GENDER ISSUES)(Report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; ... M. Johnstone & C. Lee, Family Matters, n.81, 2009. pp. 5-14. Responses obtained from the first three waves of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were analysed to determine the employment, relationship and motherhood aspirations of young Australian women and the ...